Michael Zuercher discusses challenges faced by SaaS companies and the decision to build or buy solutions. Winners of the Apple Swift Student Challenge for 2024 are celebrated. Updates include revisions to Apple's app review guidelines and the MarkLogic FastTrack UI toolkit from Progress. Blizzard developers have formed a union, and ScopeTrader has launched an astronomy forum. Events like .NET Conf Focus on AI and WWDC24 are summarized. Reports include findings from the Linux Foundation on secure software development education and AppsFlyer's insights into e-commerce app marketing trends. AWS has launched App Studio with a generative AI service for app development. Microsoft and Lumen are influencing the AI landscape, and discussions arise about OpenAI's SearchGPT. The causes of a recent Microsoft outage are investigated, and the Engage SDK for Android is released. The crypto space sees top unicorns of 2024 and a rise in crypto wallet downloads. Factors that may disrupt Nvidia's AI dominance are explored, and Meta AI introduces multilingual capabilities. Details on the public release of Apple Vision Pro and a new video series are provided. An interview with app developers in health, fitness, and education applications is included.